Synonyms for conquer
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kong-ker |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒŋ kər |
Top 10 synonyms for conquer Other synonyms for the word conquer
- acquire
- beat
- best
- bring to knees
- checkmate
- circumvent
- clobber
- control
- cream
- discomfit
- drub
- foil
- frustrate
- get the better of
- humble
- lick
- master
- outwit
- overmaster
- overpower
- override
- prevail
- reduce
- shut down
- subdue
- subjugate
- succeed
- surmount
- throw
- thwart
- total
- trample underfoot
- trash
- triumph
- vanquish
- whip
- wipe off map
- worst
- zap
Définition of conquer
Origin :- c.1200, cunquearen, from Old French conquerre "conquer, defeat, vanquish," from Vulgar Latin *conquaerere (for Latin conquirere) "to search for, procure by effort, win," from Latin com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + quaerere "to seek, gain" (see query (v.)). Related: Conquered; conquering.
- verb defeat, overcome
- verb win; obtain
- And it is the world's only hope, to conquer poverty and preserve peace.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- It is an axiom in all progress that the more we conquer the more easily we conquer.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- As already seen, we ask for difficulties to conquer, successes to achieve.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Difficulties to conquer can only exist side by side with the possibility of not conquering them.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- No fools are they, in fact, even when to that name they 'stoop to conquer.'
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
- "Both will conquer and each will hold its own," answered the Lady Tiphaine.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- But why not put it from him; why not conquer himself as he had always done?
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Still, there was a certain aloofness about him which she could not conquer, try as she might.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- "We are Northmen, come hither to conquer France," replied Rollo.
- Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
- It gives grace, it is perfection, which has only need to show itself to conquer.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
Antonyms for conquer
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